Intsika Yethu Local Municipality

Intsika Yethu
Local municipality
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Location in the Eastern Cape Location in the Eastern Cape
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Seat	Cofimvaba
Wards	21
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Koliswa Vimbayo
Area
• Total	2,711 km2 (1,047 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	145,372
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	95.9%
• English	1.5%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Municipal code	EC135

Intsika Yethu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Intsika Yethu is an isiXhosa name meaning "our pillars".

Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Place	Code	Area (km2)	Population
Amabhele	22201	50.39	2,901
Amahlubi	22202	373.66	21,761
Amazizi	22203	153.62	6,614
Cofimvaba Part 1	22204	23.22	4,654
Cofimvaba Part 2	22225	46.48	3,612
Ehlatini	22205	123.15	2,650
Emaqwatini	22206	171.21	7,629
Engcobo	22207	18.42	1,054
Gcaleka	22208	45.97	4,041
Gcuwa	22209	90.10	4,824
Hala	22210	598.02	27,005
Idutywa	22211	80.35	5,513
Intsika Yethu	22212	9.29	30
Jumba	22213	91.59	6,216
KwaNkwenkwazi	22214	187.20	11,575
Lady Frere	22215	12.46	217
Mhlontlo	22216	28.79	597
Mtshanyana	22217	273.57	12,211
Ncora	22218	177.97	9,755
Ndlunkulu	22219	73.11	4,322
Ndungwana	22220	267.03	12,069
Qamata	22221	478.40	31,056
Qwebeqwebe	22222	135.96	7,869
Tsomo Part 1	22223	74.21	3,666
Tsomo Part 2	22226	6.80	979
Xalanga	22224	27.93	1,441

Politics

The municipal council consists of forty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Twenty-one councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty-one wards, while the remaining twenty-one are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of thirty-seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

Party		Votes				Seats
		Ward	List	Total	%	Ward	List	Total
	African National Congress	37,165	37,956	75,121	88.1	21	16	37
	Congress of the People	1,908	1,958	3,866	4.5	0	2	2
	United Democratic Movement	1,656	1,466	3,122	3.7	0	2	2
	Pan Africanist Congress	517	555	1,072	1.3	0	1	1
	Democratic Alliance	504	445	949	1.1	0	0	0
	African People's Convention	217	360	577	0.7	0	0	0
	Pan Africanist Movement	276	220	496	0.6	0	0	0
	Inkatha Freedom Party	55	–	55	0.1	0	–	0
	National Freedom Party	16	–	16	0.0	0	–	0
Total		42,314	42,960	85,274	100.0	21	21	42
Spoilt votes		706	645	1,351

External links

• http://www.intsikayethu.gov.za/